[vox-tech] Run Zope as service (non-root)

[Alex Mandel (tech_dev)]

tech_dev(Alex Mandel) wrote:
> I think I'm missing a concept here.
> So if I go and add a line to rc.local(is this the right place?) to start 
> up my newly installed zope servers(from source) on boot:
> 1. How do I make sure they run under the user that installed them (not 
> root or sudoer), a general user.
> 2. How do I make sure they shutdown nice if the computer is shutdown?
> 
> Alex
> Ubuntu Hoary, Zope 2.7.5, Plone 2.0.5

Ok, I looked into it and I've configured my Zope server to run as a user 
if started as root.

So now, how do I add zope to the startup of my system. Do I put a new 
script in the init.d folder? Can anyone point me to a good place to 
learn about how to this right?

Thanks,
Alex